Hadogenes opisthacanthoides

Monod, Lionel, Duperre, Nadine & Harms, Danilo, 2019, An annotated catalogue of the scorpion types (Arachnida, Scorpiones) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Part I: Parvorder Iurida Soleglad & Fet, 2003, Evolutionary Systematics 3 (2), pp. 109-200 : 109

Hadogenes opisthacanthoides Fig. 26

Hadogenes opisthacanthoides Kraepelin, 1896b: 136-138, fig. 16-18

Current combination.

Heteroscorpion opisthacanthoides (Kraepelin, 1896)

Lectotype.

( Fig. 26 C–D ) juvenile ♂ ( ZMH-A0001069), NE Madagascar [North-East Madagascar], Nossi Comba [Nosy Komba] [13°27 ’43” S, 48°20 ’54” E], Paul Frey leg., ded. 27.09.1895.

Paralectotype.

( Fig. 26 A–B ) ♀ ( ZMH-A0001069), same as lectotype

Remarks.

Fet et al. (2000) listed the juvenile male as holotype and the female as the paratype. However, no specimen is clearly designated as the holotype in the original description. For reasons given above (see paragraph on Bothriurus burmeisteri Kraepelin, 1894), the male must be considered as lectotype and the female is a paralectotype.

Remarks on collector.

Some general information about the travel and collecting made by Paul Frey in Madagascar are given in Brancsik (1893).

Figures

Figure 26. Heteroscorpion opisthacanthoides Kraepelin, 1896, female paralectotype (A-B), juvenile male lectotype (C-D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 10 mm.